Nov. 20

I know this class hasn't actually occured yet but I have things to post about Web 3.0 that I can't cover in my presentation. The Semantic Web is all well and good but it's boring Vannevar Bush "OMG so much information!" problem-solving stuff. It's the bones of what is to come and I'm more interested in the meat and the non-Semantic Web things that are also being associated with the term Web 3.0. When I thought about Web 3.0 before the readings for this week popped up online there were two things I had seen that came to mind and I figured I'd post them up here because they're interesting and a little different from what we're covering today.

First up is Kevin Kelly of Wired talking about cloud computing. In many ways I feel what he's talking about in this talk is far more important and cool than some snazzier search functions.



And second is this Aurora concept project by Adaptive Path. They're looking at what using the internet on your desktop, television and mobile device could be like in the future and while the presentation is hilariously bad, the ideas are great.

Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

Aurora (Part 2) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

Aurora (Part 3) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

Aurora (Part 4) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.